World Class Fly Fishing

Larsen Bay Lodge offers world-class fly-fishing.  The Karluk River has been voted repeatedly one of the top ten salmon rivers in the world!  Not only is the fishing outstanding, but you won’t find any crowds.  Access is restricted because the Karluk River lies in an area controlled by the native corporation.  It is not unusual to raft down the river to the many prime fishing holes and not see another soul!  This is quite a contrast to “combat fishing” on the Kenai Peninsula.  In addition to the Karluk, we also fish the nearby Dog Salmon River below Frazer Lake.  Both rivers are accessed by our floatplane.  The Karluk is a five-minute flight and the Frazer is a 15-minute flight.

The Karluk and Dog Salmon River are both wide shallow rivers that are easy to fly fish.  Both are lovely streams that flow through beautiful green treeless hills often covered in wildflowers. The Karluk is known for it’s wonderful King Salmon runs.  The average catch is 20-25 kings per day. A group last summer had an exceptional day and landed 125 Kings in one day!! The Karluk also has runs of silver and red salmon while offering dolly varden and a few rainbow trout all summer long.  In the fall the Karluk offers superb steelhead fishing!

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